Was Jesus Gay?
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Consider
Mark 14:51-52 it does not specifically say he was sleeping with the almost naked lad who ran away when the soldiers came to catch them in the act perhaps, although the nakedness and following him with nothing but a linen cloth around his naked body lead one to raise an eyebrow or even gape a little.
14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
14:52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
However in
The Secret Gospel Of Mark there is a very specific passage that elaborates further on the above episode and leaves very little to the imagination.
And they came to Bethany. And there was a woman there, whose brother was dead. And she came and fell down before Jesus and said to him: Son of David, have mercy on me. But the disciples rebuked her. And in anger Jesus went away with her into the garden where the tomb was; and immediately a loud voice was heard from the tomb; and Jesus went forward and rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb. And immediately he went in where the
young man was, stretched out his hand and raised him up, grasping him by the hand. But the young man looked upon him and
loved him, and began to entreat him that he might remain with him. And when they had gone out from the tomb, they went into the
young man’s house; for he was rich. And after six days Jesus commissioned him;
and in the evening the young man came to him, clothed only in linen cloth upon his naked body. And he remained with him that night; for Jesus was teaching him the mysteries of the Kingdom of God
. And from there he went away and returned to the other bank of the Jordan.
Also don't forget this eyebrow raising scene where Jesus takes off his clothes and puts a towel around him and then instead of using another towel with which to dry the feet of the disciples, he uses the towel that he "girded himself with".
John 13:4-5 He riseth from supper, and
laid aside his garments ; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to
wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
Also ponder this COZY scene which followed immediately after the naked washing of feet orgy.... where the disciple Jesus loved very much is laying on his breasts.
John 13:22-27
Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. Now
there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop
Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Ok…ok… the last highlight is a bit of a joke.
However, it can be seen that this "disciple whom Jesus loved" was a “special” disciple and Jesus' love for him was noteworthy because John keeps repeating it all the time.
And with all that naked washing of feet and drying with his loincloth and reclining on his bosom one cannot ignore the possibility of something not quite hunky dory going on there.
John 20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not
where they have laid him.
John 21:7 Therefore that
disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (
for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
John 21:20-22 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the
disciple whom Jesus loved following ; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee ? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him,
If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me.
Yet another "interesting" episode....Why the hell would the blind guy have to get naked to have his blindness cured?
Mark 10:49-51 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. And he,
casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?
Here is another "interesting" episode (
John 21:2-7).
Peter is fishing NAKED with the guys. One can only speculate why the hell he was fishing naked (nudist?), but it is also obvious the other guys were not naked.
Now, notice that Peter was not shy at all about being naked in front of the guys.... nor was he perturbed when a stranger from shore was talking to them telling them where to cast their nets to catch more fish.
What is strange is that none of the disciples recognizes the stranger for who he was. Only the "disciple whom Jesus loved" managed to recognize Jesus.... why?
This "special" disciple pointed out to Peter that it was Jesus and suddenly Peter scrambles to cover himself up and then jumps into the "sea" (which by the way is the size of a small lake and is freshwater not saltwater and can never have waves large enough to threaten any but the flimsiest of dinghies, but that is another issue).
One cannot help but wonder
- Why was Peter fishing naked?
- Why was he the only one naked?
- Why was he not shy being naked in front of his friends?
- Why was he not even circumspect in front of a "stranger" looking on from shore?
- Presumably if a stranger could see them and talk to them, then others could see them too, so why wasn't Peter bashful about his nakedness in front of any passersby?
- Why didn't anyone recognize the stranger except the "special" disciple?
- Why did Peter get so coy about being naked when he realized it was Jesus?
Did Peter know something about Jesus (who was supposed to be a guy afterall) that we are not explicitly told but are supposed to implicitly infer?
John 21:1-7
21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
I have always wondered why Judas needed to point out Jesus with a kiss, couldn't he just point at him or even touch him on the shoulder?
Maybe the Sanhedrin arrested Judas as a sodomite and they offered him a deal to out Jesus as one too. Of course they could not just take his word for it, so they needed Judas to give Jesus a good passionate wet kiss and if Jesus participated and kissed back then that would be a good proof.
Do we have any evidence for that?
From here
Both Matthew (26:47–50) and Mark (14:43–45) use the Greek verb kataphilein, which means to kiss firmly, intensely, passionately, tenderly, or warmly. It is the same verb that Plutarch uses to describe a
famous kiss that Alexander the Great gave Bagoas.
Bagoas (Old Persian: Bagoi, Ancient Greek: Βαγώας Bagōas) was a eunuch in the Persian Empire in the 4th Century BCE, said to have been
the catamite of Darius III, and later the Eromenos (
Beloved) of Alexander the Great.
In its modern usage the term catamite refers to a boy as the passive or receiving partner in anal intercourse with a man.[1]
In its ancient usage a catamite (Latin catamitus) was a pubescent boy who was the intimate companion of a young man in ancient Greece and Rome, usually in a pederastic relationship.[2] It was usually a term of affection and literally means "Ganymede" in Latin. It was also used as a term of insult when directed toward a grown man
